Re: [lojban] specificity of 'ma'

[pycyn@aol.com]

In a message dated 9/4/2001 3:27:36 PM Central Daylight Time,
jjllambias@hotmail.com writes:

Does {lo prenu} count as an answer? "A person" counts as an answer
to "what goes to the store?", but not as an answer to "who goes to
the store?". My impression was that {ma klama le zarci} could be
either, and one can use {le mo} and {lo mo} to make clear the
specificity required (specific "which"/"who" vs. non-specific "what").

Mebbe yes, mebbe no.  As I say, what the context requires as relevant is
still at the glorking stage -- and always will be according to Grice.  
Notice, for example taht long-dead people can't be named as current murderers
and so on.  Maybe we need {la mas} to insist on a name.